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Basic Illustrated Poisonous and Psychoactive Plants
Jim Meuninck · Globe Pequot Press; First Edition edition |
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A richly photographed and information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran, Basic Illustrated Poisonous and Harmful Plants distills years of knowledge into an affordable visual guide. Whether planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, with this updated... |
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The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
Dan Barber · Penguin Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Engaging, funny and delicious... I would call this The Omnivores Dilemma 2.0. --Chicago TribuneAt the heart of todays optimistic farm-to-table food culture is a dark secret the local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food.... |
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Deep Space: Beyond the Solar System to the End of the Universe and the Beginning of Time
Govert Schilling · Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Format: Hardcover |
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Govert Schilling explores the mysteries of space that lie beyond our solar system on this mind-bending trip to nebulae, galaxies, black holes, and the edge of the observable universe.Join Govert Schilling on a journey across the universe that will ignite the imagination. The trip begins... |
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Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs
David Grimm · Perseus Books Group
Pages: 337
Format: Hardcover |
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Dogs are getting lawyers. Cats are getting kidney transplants. Could they one day be fellow citizens?Cats and dogs were once wild animals. Today, they are family members and surrogate children. A little over a century ago, pets didn't warrant the meager legal status of property. Now, they... |
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The Hunt for the Golden Mole: All Creatures Great & Small and Why They Matter
Richard Girling · Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover |
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Taking as its narrative engine the hunt for an animal that is legendarily rare, Richard Girling writes an engaging and highly informative history of humankind's interest in hunting and collecting - what prompts us to do this? what good might come of our need to catalog all the living... |
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Cracking the AP Statistics Exam, 2015 Edition
Princeton Review · Princeton Review; 1 Csm edition |
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SCORE A PERFECT 5. Equip yourself to ace the AP Statistics Exam with The Princeton Reviews comprehensive study guide—including thorough content reviews, targeted strategies for every question type, and 2 full-length practice tests with complete answer explanations.... |
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Dreams of Earth and Sky
Freeman Dyson · New York Review Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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In this sequel to The Scientist as Rebel (2006), Freeman Dyson - whom The Times of London calls "one of the world's most original minds" - celebrates openness to unconventional ideas and "the spirit of joyful dreaming" in which he believes that science should be pursued.... |
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Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle
Andreas Wagner · Current
Format: Hardcover |
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"Natural selection can preserve innovations, but it cannot create them. Nature's many innovations - some uncannily perfect - call for natural principles that accelerate life's ability to innovate."Darwin's theory of natural selection explains how useful adaptations... |
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Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You A Better Friend to Your Pet
John Bradshaw · Basic Books
Pages: 324
Format: Print book |
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Dogs have been mankind's faithful companions for tens of thousands of years, yet today they are regularly treated as either pack-following wolves or furry humans. The truth is, dogs are neither--and our misunderstanding has put them in serious crisis. What dogs really need is a spokesperson,... |
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God's Planet
Owen Gingerich , · Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover |
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With exoplanets being discovered daily, Earth is still the only planet we know of that is home to creatures who seek a coherent explanation for the structure, origins, and fate of the universe, and of humanitys place within it. Today, science and religion are the two major cultural entities... |
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